Fruit knife



1,638,956 Aug. 16, 1927. PINCHBECK ET AL FRUIT KNIFE Filed 'April 21, 1926 Fig.2.

/NVEN TORS. HARRY ARTHUR Pnvcnascn mo ARrHuR 5 MUEL PINCHB ECK,

THEIR HTTY- Patented Aug. 16, 1927. j g A l 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Hm! AETHUB PINCHBEGI AND ARTHUR SAMUEL PINCHBECK, 01' LONDON, ENGLAND.

II'BUI'I. KNEE.

Application fled April 81, 1980, Serial I0. 108,608, and in Great Britain July .22, 1825.

This invention relates to implements or What we claim as new and desire to seappliances suitable for preparing fruits such cure by Letters Patent of the United States 50 as grapefruit or oranges so as to enable is:-- them to be easily eaten. 1. A combined fruit cutting and seedin 5 A device for' this purpose hitherto sugdevice consisting of a handle, a U-sha-pe gested consisted of a handle having at one cutting blade curved in profile and provided end a spatulate knife and at the other end with. re-entrant seeding barbs at the ex- 55 a fork member having two prongs having tremities thereof. \4 trident barbed points. The knife portion of 2. A combined fruit cuttingand seeding the device is suitable for cutting the edible device consisting of a handle, a U-sha-ped part of the fruit from the skin and the fork cutting blade curved in profile and provided portion suitable for removing the seeds and with coplanar seeding barbs at the inner 60 the core of the fruit. edges near its extremities.

Such a device is awkward to manipulate 3. A combined fruit cutting and seedin owing to the handle bein between the knife device consisting of a handle, a U- hape and the fork portions an the object of this cutting blade curved in profile from tip to invention is to provide an improved device base and provided with a-rcuate shaped seed- .65 of this character. To that end it consists ing barbs. in providing a suitable handle on which is 4. A combined fruit cutting and seeding mounted a single blade so shaped that it can device consisting of a handle, a U-shaped perform both the operations above mencutting blade curved in profile having elontioned. gated prongs provided with inwardly co- According to one modification the blade planar sharpened seeding barbs at the inner is in the shape of a two ronged fork each edges near its extremities.

25 prong being provided wit a smgle barb on 5. A combined fruit cutting and seeding the inside. This form is illustrated in front device consisting of a handle, a U-shaped and side elevation respectively in Fi 1 cutting blade curved in profile and having and 2 of the accompanyi drawings, rom the leg portions thereof directed inwardly which it will be seen that t eblade is slightat the inner edges near its extremities to 3 ly.v curved in profile from handle to ti so form coplanar seeding barbs.

that in removing the seeds and core rom 6. A combined fruit cutting and seeding the fruit it has a spoon-like action. The device consisting of a handle, a U-shaped outer edges of the prongs are thin cutting cutting blade curved in profile, the outer edges so that the blade can be used to sever edges of the legs thereof being sharpened,

35 the edible 1portion of the fruit from the skin and the inner edges of the leg portions dior rind. 11 Figs. 1 and 2, 0: represents the rooted inwardly at the extremities to form blade having prongs b and c rovided with re-entrant sharpened seeding barbs. barbs d on their inner edges, t e blade being 7.'A combined fruit cutting and seeding mounted in a handle e. device consisting of a handle, a U-shaped In the modification illustrated in Fig. 3 cutting blade curved in profile from ti to the rong c is rovided with a serrated edgvv base and having the leg portions thereo dif w ich may utilized to out the edible rected inwardly at the inner edges near its portions of the fruit from the rest. These extremities to form re-entrant coplanar serrations may be on-either or both prongs seeding barbs.

45 or they may extend along the edge for a In witness whereof we have hereunto set short distance only. The blade may be seour handsthis seventh day of A ril. 1926. cured to any suitably shaped handle in any HARRY ARTHUR PING BECK. well known method. ARTHUR SAMUEL PINCHBECK. 

